body acceptance &
HAES®-aligned therapy
in california
Become a Body Rebel.
You deserve to accept your body and disrupt the systems that hold you back. Health at Every Size®-aligned therapy can help you get there.
If you’re seeking HAES®-aligned therapy, you might:
feel unhappy in your body and want a provider who won’t shame you
resonate deeply with the principles of HAES®
feel tired of providers who (even unintentionally) reinforce diet culture
wish you had a therapist who truly gets it
feel ready to approach body image healing through compassion and acceptance
long for a space that welcomes and honors your body as it is, right now
You’ve already pushed away diet culture and know how harmful it’s been to your relationships and your connection to yourself. Therapy that centers body acceptance helps you embody that knowledge and experience belonging in your body as it is. Living in a fat body goes against the cultural current, so it makes sense you’d run into snags.
Through HAES®-aligned therapy, you can:
build confidence and self-trust
set and hold self-affirming boundaries
strengthen your belief system of body acceptance and care for all bodies
gain tools to cope with inevitable run-ins with diet culture
grow in compassion for yourself
find calm and ease with your body
rebel against the systems that have harmed you
What makes HAES®-aligned therapy unique?
No judgment for your body size
No assumptions about your health or lifestyle
You are the expert in your own experience
Body diversity is celebrated and valued
Systems of oppression are the problem — not you
Health at Every Size® (HAES®) Approach
The HAES® paradigm recognizes that we cannot know anything about someone’s health just by looking at their body. Health is not a moral requirement and does not determine a person’s right to dignity, respect, or access to care. My practice honors this paradigm and celebrates body diversity. We all deserve to be valued and respected in our bodies as they are today.
Health At Every Size and HAES are registered trademarks of the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) and used with permission.
Meet Sarah, Your Therapist & Fellow Body Rebel:
I know firsthand what it’s like to live in a world shaped by fatphobia and diet culture. In my own healing journey with body image and food, I’ve had providers who invalidated, misunderstood, or made assumptions about me based solely on my body. Those experiences fueled my passion for embodying body acceptance in my own life — and supporting clients in finding their own liberation and empowerment.